On Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 — also known as Freedom Day, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told they were finally freed. Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, declaring that all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be forever free, took over . . .
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“Say his name! Tony McDade!” These words rang out on June 20 as hundreds of Clevelanders, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community and allies, marched to the theme, “All Black Lives Matter.” They took to the streets to raise the name of Tony McDade, a Black trans man killed by police . . .
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As pent-up anger against white supremacy boils over in the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, Black and Indigenous solidarity in California is taking down statues of Junípero Serra-–the hated boss of the California mission system which enslaved and murdered thousands of Native people during Spanish colonization. In San . . .
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The Supreme Court for over 230 years has carried out the conservative goals of its creators. It has protected private property — including the “ownership” of human beings — and minimized the right of the poor to associate for united struggle. Currently, SCOTUS consists of a majority of conservative and . . .
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Los gobernantes reaccionarios de los EE.UU. intentan desalentar, dividir y derrotar a los pobres, los oprimidos y los trabajadores de cualquier manera posible, en cualquier oportunidad posible. Sylvia Rivera, miembro de Young Lords, veterana de Stonewall Uprising, fundadora de Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR). Mire la táctica de operaciones psicológicas . . .
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